Exterior operating mechanism.



J. F. OHMER.

EXTERIOR OPERATING MEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. s, 1907.

Patented F9112, 1909.

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JTE STATES PATENT OHMER, OF DAYTON, OIO, ASSIGNOR TO OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY, OF

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

EXTEBOR OPERATING IJlE CHANSM.

Specification o Letters ?atent. Eatented Feb. f2, 1209.

Application filed August 6, 1907. Serial Ho. 337,289.

T 0 all whom et may Concern: is elongated in order that one ot the arms, Ee it knoivn that l, Jer-r2; F. OHMER, citito-Wit arm may be out ot' alinement ivith zen ot the United. States, residing at Daythe arms and G by extending from the hub ton, in the county of Montgomery and State at a point on one side of the other arms. 1t- ;1 ot' Ohio, have invented certain new and useis important to have one ot the arms so ul improvements in Exterior Operating` placed ont ot alinement With the other arms Blech: nism; and do declare the 'following l tor the reason that sach arm in the operato be full, clear, and exact description ot' 'i tions of the lever must move past one ot the the invention, such as will enable others connecting rods in the operations of the io skilled in the art to which it appertains to lever. The pivot pin 7 lies at right angles make and use the same, reference being` had to the bracket 8 in order that the oscillating to the accompanying drawings, and to the member may be moved freely on its pivot. letters and figures of reference marked @ne arm of said oscillating member, towel-e011, which form a part ot this specica- Wit-arm 5, has loosely connected thereto a l5 tion. link or rod 3, the other end of which is This invention rentas to new and useful linked to the upper end of a bell-crank lever improvements in exterior operating devices 2 ivhich has its tulcrum in the rear ot the through which mechanism of tare registers lcglSteI' Casing 1. are actuated from different points 0f a Cal in The mechanism ot the registering machine 2c Which the registering machine is located. which cooperates With the bell-crank lever,

More specifically speaking, the invention is illustrated in numerous of my prior patcomprise. an oscillatable member pivotal at a ents, and it is only necessary h rein to show suitable point and adapted to be connected the connection between the oscillating mem- With pull-ropes or flexible connections exber comprising the presentinvention, and 5 tending in opposite directions and having a the bell-crank lever which is actuated thereconnection with the mechanism of: the regisby to impart movement to the register deter or machine. rthe oscillating member is vices. The other two arms otl the oscillating` actuated a corresponding extent in either dimember are connected respectively, to ropes rection by the pull ropes so that the same or pull-rods 11 and 12 by means of hooks 13 c extent of movement is imparted to the mechwhich are connected to eyes 14 formed in the anism of the registering machine Whether ends of said arms. These rope or rod conone or the other ot the pull-ropes is drawn nections 11 and 12 extend in opposite direcupon to actuate the oscillating member. tions on the interior of the car and on either Preceding a detail description of the inside of the partition Wall 9, one of said mem- 35 vention, reference is made to the accompabers passing through an aperture 10 in said nying drawings, of whichpartition. lt will be understood that these Figure 1, is a front elevation of a regisrods or rope connections 11 and 12 are suptering machine having my improved appliported at suitable points on the interior of ance connected with the mechanism thereof. the car by means ot' a suitable number of ,in Fig- 2, is a detail View 0f the appliance debrackets which provide a support and guide tached from the registering1 machine. Figs. tor the operation of the said ropes or rods. 3 and a, illustrate modifications 0f the applilt will be understood that the oscillating ance as shown in Figs. l and 2. member may be actuated in either of the two In a detail description of the invention, directions by pullingI upon either of the ropes a5 similar reference characters indicate corre- Ol Operating Connections, and that the movespending pai-tg, ment thus imparted to the oscillating memrhe device as Shown. in Fig-5 1 and Q7 bel1 Wlll be tlansnlttecl t0 the bell-Clanl 2 comprises a triple-arm lever having three 1H the T6211 Of the rcglster casing to actuate extensions or arms 4-5 and 6 radiating from the meCllIllSln 0f the rnaClnIle. so a hub which is pivotally supported upon a The modification shoivn in Figs. 3 and il, pin 7 on bracket 8, said bracket being supcomprises a segment or" a plate or disk 15 ported upon a Wall 9 forming the usual which is mounted upon the same pivot 7 and partition Which separates the interior of a bracket 8; this segment of a disk has the car into two compartments. lt Will be obthree points of connection with the ropes or 5.3 served that the hub of the triple-arm lever operating members 11 and 12 and the coupling link 3, but instead of forming the eyes 14 as in the triple-arm lever` the connections are made between the hooks 13 and the segmental plate by means or" staples l0 secured to the said plate or disk.

It will be observed that in the construction shown in Fig. 3, the link or rod 3 is pivoted to the plate l5 on one side thereof while the rods ll and l2 are pivoted on the other side, therefore, the link 3 will not be interfered with as it will be out of alinement with the rods ll and 12 in the operations of the plate l5. In both cases, the connections between the ropes or operating members 12%11 and 3 are loose in order that the parts ll and l2 may through a reciprocating movement impartthe proper oscillating' movement to the oscillating member and theV proper reciproeating movement to the connecting link 3.

Having described my invention,y t Claim:

l. A pivotal oscillating' memb for fare register actuating mechanism7 comprising an oscillating member with operating connections extending from pivots on opposite sides of the axis ot' the oscillating member and affording means through which said oscillating member is reeiprocated, in combina.-

tion with an operating` connection extending from said oscillating member and through which moifement is transmitted from said oscillating member, the pivotal connection between the last-named operating connection and the oscillating member being out of alinement with the pivots between the first two operating' connections and the oscillating member, substantially as specified.

In a device or' the character speciiied, an fisoillating member comprising a triple arm lever, said arms extending from an elongated hub and one of said arms being out of alinement with the others, operating connections extending rom the two aiined arms of said lever and by means of which the lever is actuated from distantpoints, and a movementtransmission connection extending from the arm of the lever which is out oit alinement with the other arms, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof atiiX my signature, in presence o1L two witnesses.

JOHN F. OHMER.

lVitnesses:

C. M. THEOBALD, B.. J. MCCARTY. 

